Parasite

• Modes of locomotion used by protozoan parasites of veterinary significance

  • Gliding
  • Cilia
  • Flagella / Flagella
  • Pandopadia
• The phyla/subphyla for each mode of locomotion are: Gliding - Sporozoa/Apicomplexca, Cilia - Genus Cicliophora, Flagella / Flagella - submastigophora, Pandopadia - submastigophora
• Ways by which protozoan parasites evade their hosts' immune response

  • Anatomical seclusion
  • Immune suppression
• Stains used in protozoology

  • Zahl-Neerk
  • trophozate trophozoite
• The motile form of most protozoan parasites is called the trophozoite
• Protozoan cyst


  An enclosed capsule that depresses metabolism and increases longevity by withstanding against stresses
• Genus Balantidium is a protozoan parasite that forms a cyst
• Zoonotic protozoan parasites that commonly affect dogs and other domestic and wild animals

  • Leishmania donovani
  • Toxoplasmosis
• The parasite transmitted by sandflies to Genus Trypanosoma cruzi is Leishmania
• Forms of disease caused by the Leishmania parasite

  • Chagas' disease
  • Leishmaniasis
  • The "Kissing bug" disease
• The parasite responsible for amoebic dysentery in humans is Entamoeba histolytica